According to a global study conducted in January 2020, just nine percent of surveyed adults in selected countries around the world preferred listening to albums, with 40 percent expressing a preference for playlists instead. Only 36 percent of adults listened to albums in chronological order, which means that many listeners fail to appreciate the full experience of listening to an album carefully constructed by the artist to create meaning, tell a story, or convey a certain style.
Music album consumption habits among adults worldwide as of January 2020
Countries included in the survey were Brazil, Germany, France, and the United States, with two thousand respondents hailing from each.
Data for those who prefer listening to albums comes from the following link: http://www.deezer-blog.com/press/over-half-admit-to-listening-to-less-albums-in-last-five-years/
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Music Ally. (January 28, 2020). Music album consumption habits among adults worldwide as of January 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103878/music-album-listening-habits-worldwide/
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Music Ally. (2020). Music album consumption habits among adults worldwide as of January 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103878/music-album-listening-habits-worldwide/
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